Chris Botti
This concert is generously sponsored by Pam and Joe Martin.
For over two decades, Grammy Award-winning master trumpeter and composer Chris Botti has amassed a spectacular variety of honors, including multiple Gold and Platinum albums, to become the nation's largest selling instrumental artist. His mesmerizing performances with a stunning array of legends such as Sting, Barbara Streisand, Tony Bennett, Yo-Yo Ma, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Andrea Bocelli have cemented his place as one of the most brilliant and inspiring forces of the contemporary music scene. Whether he's performing with illustrious symphonies or at renowned venues around the globe, his unparalleled crystalline and poetic sound transcends musical boundaries.
Pep Rally Event Series
This concert is part of The McKnight Center's Pep Rally Event Series. Three diverse and thrilling performances are scheduled for the Friday before Oklahoma State University Cowboy Football home games. Enjoy a pre-performance tailgate party in our outdoor plaza, then head inside to experience some of the top artists in the entertainment industry. Make the Pep Rally event series an exciting part of your family's football tradition.Pep Rally events include Scotty McCreery, Chris Botti, and Postmodern Jukebox.
Schedule of Events
5:00 PM - 4th Avenue Parking Garage opens for McKnight Center guests, Food Trucks open
6:15 PM - Pep Rally entertainment begins on the Plaza, hosted by Chuck Lester, Voice of the Cowboy Marching Band
7:00 PM - Performance Hall doors open
7:30 PM - Chris Botti concert begins in the Performance Hall for ticketed guests, live concert simulcast begins on the Plaza
Enjoy treats from The Spud Truck and Sam's Cheesin' It Up. Special guests include the Cowboy Marching Band, BB the mini-horse, and the OSU Softball team.
Date | Friday, October 13, 2023
Time | 7:30 p.m.
Venue | Performance Hall
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About the Artist
Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD When I Fall In Love, Chris Botti has become the largest-selling American instrumentalist artist. His success has crossed over to audiences usually reserved for pop music and his ongoing association with PBS has led to four #1 jazz albums, as well as Gold, Platinum, and Grammy Awards. Most recently, his latest album Impressions won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental. Performing worldwide and selling more than four million albums, he has found a form of creative expression that begins in jazz and expands beyond the limits of any single genre.
Over the past three decades, Botti has recorded and performed with the best in music, including Sting, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Bublé, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, John Mayer, Andrea Bocelli, Joshua Bell, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, and even Frank Sinatra. Hitting the road for as many as 300 days per year, the trumpeter has also performed with many of the finest symphonies and at some of the world's most prestigious venues from Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl to the Sydney Opera House and the Real Teatro di San Carlo in Italy.
Impressions, Botti's 2012 Columbia Records and Grammy winning release, is the latest in a stellar parade of albums – including When I Fall In Love (2004), To Love Again: The Duets (2005), Italia (2007), and the CD/DVD Chris Botti in Boston (2009) – that has firmly established him as a clarion voice in the American contemporary music scene. Playing with his uniquely expressive sound and soaring musical imagination, Botti is joined on the disc by featured artists Andrea Bocelli, Vince Gill, Herbie Hancock, Mark Knopfler, and David Foster in a warm, intimate celebration of melodic balladry.
With Impressions and the albums that preceded it, Chris Botti has thoroughly established himself as one of the important, innovative figures of the contemporary music world.
